AI Automation Engineer (Remote)

Outlier AI
Seattle; Washington, US
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Why this role

Pace
Fast Paced
Collaboration
High
Autonomy
High
Decision Impact
Team
Role Level
Individual Contributor
Career Pivot Friendly
Welcomes transferable skills

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What success looks like

  • build and maintain production-grade software
  • handle multi-turn system interactions
Typical background
2+ years of experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration

Transferable backgrounds

  • Coming from data-engineering
  • Coming from ai-research

Skills & requirements

Required

Backend EngineeringAI AutomationComplex Systems IntegrationModular SeparationMajor Programming LanguagesSQL DatabasesLive EnvironmentsMulti-turn System InteractionsAttention To Detail

Preferred

Multi-stage Coordination TasksIntegrating Agents With Live ToolsPersistent State And Session DiscoveryIdentifying Subtle Failures

Stack & domain

Backend EngineeringAi AutomationComplex Systems IntegrationProduction-grade SoftwareModular SeparationData ParsingLogic ProcessingReportingSql DatabasesLive, Non-mocked EnvironmentsMulti-turn System InteractionsPersistent StateSession DiscoveryPrivacy LeaksAuthority EscalationIndirect Prompt InjectionsAttention To DetailTechnical FeedbackCollaborationProblem-solvingCommunication

About the role

Original posting from Outlier AI

About the Project

Outlier helps the world’s most innovative companies improve their AI agents by providing human feedback. Do you want to shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw?

We collaborate with leading AI organizations to train Large Language Models (LLMs) to function as proactive, multi-step agents. Our projects focus on teaching these systems how to design, coordinate, and optimize complex, real-world architectural workflows.

Whether you are a passionate orchestration guru or experienced software developer — we want you to help us train the world's most advanced generative systems.

Ideal Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration.
  • Proven ability to build and maintain production-grade software with modular separation (e.g., distinct services for data parsing, logic processing, and reporting).
  • Strong command of at least two major languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Go, or Java) and experience working with SQL databases.
  • Practical experience building for live, non-mocked environments and handling multi-turn system interactions.
  • Outstanding attention to detail and the ability to provide clear, high-density technical feedback on complex system behaviors.

Nice to have

  • Expertise building multi-stage coordination tasks where data acquisition leads to reasoned output.
  • Hands-on experience integrating agents with live tools such as Supabase, Gmail, and various APIs to solve real-world problems.
  • High level of comfort implementing persistent state and session discovery using MEMORY.md to track agent progress.
  • Experience identifying subtle failures like privacy leaks, authority escalation, or indirect prompt injections.

About the Project

Outlier helps the world’s most innovative companies improve their AI agents by providing human feedback. Do you want to shape the future of autonomous agents like OpenClaw?

We collaborate with leading AI organizations to train Large Language Models (LLMs) to function as proactive, multi-step agents. Our projects focus on teaching these systems how to design, coordinate, and optimize complex, real-world architectural workflows.

Whether you are a passionate orchestration guru or experienced software developer — we want you to help us train the world's most advanced generative systems.

Ideal Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in backend engineering, AI automation, or complex systems integration.
  • Proven ability to build and maintain production-grade software with modular separation (e.g., distinct services for data parsing, logic processing, and reporting).
  • Strong command of at least two major languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Go, or Java) and experience working with SQL databases.
  • Practical experience building for live, non-mocked environments and handling multi-turn system interactions.
  • Outstanding attention to detail and the ability to provide clear, high-density technical feedback on complex system behaviors.

Nice to have

  • Expertise building multi-stage coordination tasks where data acquisition leads to reasoned output.
  • Hands-on experience integrating agents with live tools such as Supabase, Gmail, and various APIs to solve real-world problems.
  • High level of comfort implementing persistent state and session discovery using MEMORY.md to track agent progress.
  • Experience identifying subtle failures like privacy leaks, authority escalation, or indirect prompt injections.

Source: Outlier AI careers

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